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Space use at night and social relationship between roosting partners in a large flock of laying hens

A. Moesta Behaviour Service, Department of Veterinary Biosciences & Diagnostic Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7388, United StatesCorrespondence[email protected]
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U. Knierim Department of Farm Animal Behaviour and Husbandry, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, Nordbahnhofstr. 1a, 37213 Witzenhausen, Germany
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A. Briese Bri-C Veterinärinstitut, Auf der Bleiche 2a, 31157 Sarstedt, Germany
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J. Hartung Institute for Animal Hygiene, Animal Welfare and Behaviour of Farm Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Buenteweg 17p, 30559 Hannover, Germany
Pages 715-719 | Accepted 11 May 2012, Published online: 03 Jan 2013

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